One is not convinced the Jaguar Land Rover hack will jeopardize the UK economy; the Automotive industry is not what it once was. But clearly, the UK government is adopting a rather interesting approach to cybersecurity, especially when one considers…
The UK Government published its Defence Industry Strategy 2025 yesterday, setting out its priorities for the UK Defence industry. A sector that added around £15billion in value to the UK economy in 2024 (ADS Group). The UK government has committed…
One wonders the effect on UK Defense R&D spend by US tech companies, if the US government starts to crack down on what and who can receive funds. Whilst DFARS 7012 compliance may have yet to reach R&D in the…
Every so often, a report is published that raises more than an eyebrow, and this is one such report. It is written for the US Congressional Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the US and the Chinese Communist Party. It’s…
At least we’re all in the same boat, we all have bad cybersecurity, and we all forgot the cardinal rule. Your adversary is playing a 100-year game. That’s just war…………and ‘All is fair in love and war’. Yes, stealing the…
The UK Government has reshaped its Cyber & Specialist Operations (CSOC) to reflect the ambition of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review. Recognising that cyber is likely the first domain of defence and attack during conflict. One hopes, alongside the NCSC,…
Dear Medium-sized US defense contractor (less than 250 FTE, turning over EUR 50million). CMMC is in the final stages of completion by the US government. You should have already implemented DFARS 252.204-7012; you should have flowed it down where you’ve…
The CMMC community has its latest bone to chew on, as one’s favourite open DFARS Case 2019-D041 inches forward to a conclusion. While the proposal to complement DFARS 252.204-7012 (7012) with DFARS 252.204-7021(7021) moves forward for the DIB. 7012 and…
It happens with many nation-states: Do as I say, not as I do. The UK government launched an enquiry in September 2023 on how many data breaches were allowed to happen. It took 2 years to publish the report. You…
There may be trouble ahead’ Spanish law enforcement is concerned about the government’s use of Huawei equipment The US has stated that it will not send sensitive data to Spain following its decision to award a contract to Huawei…
